News Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/28/newsid_2754000/2754033.stm
Song: Travelin’ Soldier by Dixie Chicks Both of these are about the beginning of the Vietnam War. The song is about a girl that is working in a little diner and meets a young boy that just turned eighteen. The soldier is in his military uniform waiting for the bus to go to Vietnam. In this article it is also saying how they had to send out drafts for males that had turned eighteen to go and fight the war. Both of these are about the beginning of the war and how it was hard for the families and loved ones to let them go into war. While the song is more heartfelt and is saying how a girl is never going to be able to love another man ever …show more content…
The article is saying how Americans just want to put the past in the past and not to dwell on it. But when South Vietnamese refugees went to California they didn't get a nice welcome. Americans were being really rude to Vietnamese but that is to be expected because millions of Americans had died. That brings me back to the song, it's is sad because they are children and they are never going to be able to see their dad again due to the fact that he died in Vietnam. Which is another reason why people were being rude to the Vietnamese people because they had lost loved ones. Obviously Americans had put the war behind us and are now looking towards the …show more content…
It also says how Jesus doesn't like fighting and that Heaven is already full from our “dirty little war.” Then this article is talking about how they did bombings in Vietnam. Also how the Vietnamese people had attacked American warships killing innocent Americans and Vietnamese people. The article is also saying how they had to send out American people to stabilize the situation. This song is saying how just because you say that you are an American doesn't mean that you are going to get where you think that you are going to go.
News Article: https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/04/30/from-the-archives-the-end-in-vietnam
Song: The End by The Doors Both of these are about the end of the Vietnam war. The song is kind of sad at the beginning but it is also a slow song that you would seem to hear at the end of a war movie. The article is about how after a decade of an ill-starred war that the war has finally ended. How fifty-seven thousand lives were lost, with one hundred and fifty billion dollars spent on the war. How Americans couldn't believe that the war was finally
Song: Travelin’ Soldier by Dixie Chicks Both of these are about the beginning of the Vietnam War. The song is about a girl that is working in a little diner and meets a young boy that just turned eighteen. The soldier is in his military uniform waiting for the bus to go to Vietnam. In this article it is also saying how they had to send out drafts for males that had turned eighteen to go and fight the war. Both of these are about the beginning of the war and how it was hard for the families and loved ones to let them go into war. While the song is more heartfelt and is saying how a girl is never going to be able to love another man ever …show more content…
The article is saying how Americans just want to put the past in the past and not to dwell on it. But when South Vietnamese refugees went to California they didn't get a nice welcome. Americans were being really rude to Vietnamese but that is to be expected because millions of Americans had died. That brings me back to the song, it's is sad because they are children and they are never going to be able to see their dad again due to the fact that he died in Vietnam. Which is another reason why people were being rude to the Vietnamese people because they had lost loved ones. Obviously Americans had put the war behind us and are now looking towards the …show more content…
It also says how Jesus doesn't like fighting and that Heaven is already full from our “dirty little war.” Then this article is talking about how they did bombings in Vietnam. Also how the Vietnamese people had attacked American warships killing innocent Americans and Vietnamese people. The article is also saying how they had to send out American people to stabilize the situation. This song is saying how just because you say that you are an American doesn't mean that you are going to get where you think that you are going to go.
News Article: https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/04/30/from-the-archives-the-end-in-vietnam
Song: The End by The Doors Both of these are about the end of the Vietnam war. The song is kind of sad at the beginning but it is also a slow song that you would seem to hear at the end of a war movie. The article is about how after a decade of an ill-starred war that the war has finally ended. How fifty-seven thousand lives were lost, with one hundred and fifty billion dollars spent on the war. How Americans couldn't believe that the war was finally